Forming Process Technician, PPD:
Corning

Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science. For more than 160 years, Corning has applied its unparalleled expertise in specialty glass, ceramics, and optical physics to develop products that have created new industries and transformed people’s lives.

Corning succeeds through sustained investment in R&D, a unique combination of material and process innovation, and close collaboration with customers to solve tough technology challenges.

Corning’s Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications around the world.

Scope of Position:

Process technician within the CET Product and Process Development group involved with transferring new products to manufacturing and manufacturing improvement projects. Typical projects for team involve new product production trials, process optimization, cost reduction initiatives, capacity increases, variability reduction and quality improvement. Technician role requires interaction with Development, Engineering and Manufacturing personnel to achieve objectives, data collection/mining, preliminary data analysis and general experimental support.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

Shift coverage during experiments in plant

Ware tracking

Using Excel and Jmp for data analysis

Involvement with design of experiments

Experiment logistics and experiment execution

Mining plant systems for data, organizing and analyzing the data

Propose next steps based on the experiment data analysis

Travel Requirements:

Anticipate all work being in the Corning Valley. However, PPD does support plants worldwide, so occasional travel may be required (< 25% travel).

Hours of work/work schedule/flex-time:

Generally 40 hrs per week, but must be flexible. There will be times where off shift and weekend hours are required in order to support experimentation and implementation of projects.

Required Education and Years of Experience:

Minimum 2 year Associate Degree in a technical field

3-5 years’ experience technical/manufacturing

Required Skills:

Technically curious, self-motivated and be able to work with minimal supervision • Process engineering technician experience

Manufacturing plant experience - successful applicant needs to be able to interact with operators and key receivers.

Soft Skills:

Ability to interact with all levels within the organization (good people skills)

Knowledge of the current ceramic substrate/filter manufacturing process would be a plus

Effective communication skills (verbal and written)

Team player

Flexibility

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